Shade and curtain bracket



Aug. 19 1924. 1,505,876 A J. T. EDGAR SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET Filed April l, 192?.

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Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,505,876 PATENT OFFICE.

, JOHN rnDGAR, oF CAMBRIDGE, oHIo.

i S'HAD'E ,Ann cUR'rAINBRAcKET.

" 'Apliication ale'apii 1, 1922. seriaiivo.548,662(v To all whom it may conoci/m.'

Be it known that I, JOHN T. EDGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and curtain brackets and has for its object the provision of a novel device designed to be engaged upon a window casing of any size or shape without the use of any nails, screws, tacks or other extraneous securing means, the device being itself formed with a series of penetrating prongs or tines adapted to be driven into the wood work for effecting the holding action.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character which is extensible for use in connection with windows of any width, within reasonable limits, spring means being provided within the device for normally effecting a contracting action.

Another object is the provision Iof a device of this character in which the curtain holders are slidably mounted and in which the blind books are also adjustably mounted whereby to take care of all variation in the dimensions in the window casing.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to install, etiicient and durable `in service and -a general improvement in the art.

lVith the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device showing it in applied position,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device and through the window casing,

Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section-al view,

Figure 4 is a detail view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings tlie letter A designates the lintel or top sill of a window casing and B designates the sides with which are associated the usual blinds. In carrying out my invention I provide a longitudinally adjustable support which is of tubular formation and which in cludes outer and inner telescopically engaged tubes 10 and 11, respectively, which have their outer ends'closed and their inner ends i open. A vcoillspring 12 isdisposed within the` support and has its 'ends' connected with the closed ends ofthe tubes whereby they hold the tubes normally in telescoped position.

Mounted upon the outer end portions of these tubes are members 13 which are formed at their upper ends with prongs or hooks 14 adapted to be driven into the upper edge of the top sill or lintel A and which are formed at their outer edges with other prongs or hooks 15 adapted to be driven into the outer edges of the sides B of the window casing.

The outer end portions of the tubular members 1() and 11 are formed with slots 16 which permit sliding movement of brackets 17 carrying blind hooks 18 of convenient construction. It is preferable to provide small coil springs 19 which have their inner ends rigidly secured within the telescoped tubes and which have their outer ends connected with these brackets 17. The numeral 20 designates shade roller brackets carried by the support.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it is believed that the construction, mounting and operation of the device will be easily undersood without necessity for any additional detailed explanation. Owing to the simplicity of the construction and the fewness of the parts it is apparent that there is nothing to get out of order and that the device should consequently have a long life and satisfactorily perform all the functions for which it is intended.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising bracket members adapted for disposition against the face of -a window casing at the top thereof, and provided with means for penetrating engagement with the top and outer edge of the casing, the bracket member including a cylindrical portion formed with a slot, the cylindrical portion being formed integrally upon the casing engaging portion and ybeing of considerable length, forwardly extending curtain pole support-ing elements. arriediby thebraokets and dlverlyin'g d3 cylindrical portion, blocks slidable Within the brackets and carrying arms projecting through the slots for supporting a shade- 'rollenand lsp'ri'n'g-v members Within the cylinder portions having one end secured and their other 'ends' connected with the bloeks r wherebyto urge them always toward eachother. 2 .,Adevice, of the character described eomprisinglfa: `straLght spring-contracted telesco'pioally-.adjusta'ble support provided with means forattachment Ito a yWindow casino' and formed in its endzportions with s ltsgijba (et nef'dberv ufte lthgln the ends of said support and carrying shade roller brackets passing through said slots, said 'bracket wInenbers`\being slidable Within the ends of said support, and springrmembers "Connected Lw'vitlr" the inner ends of said slid- 

